Apollo XIII Spacecraft - Splashdown - South Pacific Ocean

Image Credit:
NASA/JSC

Published:
July 2, 2018

Historical Date:
April 17, 1970

The Apollo 13 spacecraft heads toward a splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean. The Apollo 13 Command Module splashed down in the South Pacific at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970. Note the capsule and its parachutes just visible against a gap in the dark clouds.